Beautiful Darkness (+ The Rest of the Series)

AHHH This book made me feel so so so so MUCH.  IM NOT A VAMPIRE ANYMORE.

Alright, the above was the original post.  I'm a little rusty on this series by now, but I still remember a couple things I wanted to post about it.

I heard about this book from the movie trailer actually!  It looked like a horrible movie, but I saw it was based off a book, and thought it sounded like an amazing book.

First of all: cliffhanger endings.  Now, normally I hate books that are set-ups for the sequels and triquels and so on (looking at Matched), but this was different.  It's different when there is a clear beginning, conflict, rising action, inciting incident, CLIMAX, RESOLUTION, etc.  Though it seems counter-intuitive, the best way to spot the difference is if it's a certain time frame alotted per book.  Like Harry Potter is one book per year. Another way is if there is one, enclosed, clear addition that added in each book, though this is much harder to find without the previous point.  However, it is distinguishable in this story!  I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure that each book is one of her birthdays (which yes, does not fall once a year!)  So, though the second book ends in a pretty iffy place, the rest of them are pretty consistent.

Next: the whole undying love.  Okay, yes, this followed a lot of the same format as Twilight, but the format isn't really what makes Stephanie Meyer's series so hate-able (even though I've never felt so much despisingness towards it).  But what I mean is that the first book they're clearly and obviously in love, the second she breaks up with him and leaves him a wreck, the third (get back to me on this one, I think it involves something rather like the Volturi), and in the fourth he goes through some incredible (spoiler!!! back from the dead) change.  The love scenario is also very close, however, I'm pretty fond of that story.  It just makes me happy when two people love each other throughout a whole series, and the conflict is outside of their love affair.  Yes, I know that sounds stupid, but it's a nice change.  Which made the second book piss me off, but the rest were okay.  This "Twilight" formula worked nicely for this series.

Hum... This series was incredibly addicting, and it was long enough to please me, as was each individual book (around 400-600 pages I think), though I was always dying for the next book.  It's a great (albeit girly) series.  You know, I used to pick books based on their girl factor:  The main character had to be a girl, and if it wasn't, it had to be written by a woman.  Though of course, not all good books follow that (namely Percy Jackson), but it works a lot of the time.  Books about guys written by women are usually girly (except maybe Harry Potter), and books about girls written by guys... let's just say I never find it a very accurate portrayal (Kane Chronicals, Sadie was such a bitch).

DaVinci Code

Sorry, in more of a reading/writing mood than blogging.

What a stupid original post.  I honestly can't remember much about this book, but I'm pretty sure I liked it.  I don't remember its addiction factor, but its spin on historical events/old art work was pretty awesome.  Not all of the religion related stuff made a ton of sense to me, but it was extremely interesting and engaging.  The plot I mean, I really forgot about the rest.  Sorry!  It was good! I think I would've recommended it!

The Last Little Blue Envelope

This book... is one book that actually teaches you to get over someone when things don't work out.  I love that <3  Umm... too lazy to write much more, but I don't want to forget ^^

Jesus H Christ, what was wrong with me? I don't remember this one at all now! Except she's trying to find this guy who she fell in love with in the previous book, and realizes he has this amazing girlfriend when she returns.  She does meet another guy though, I can't remember what his issue is, but she doesn't like him much (at first).  He steals something from her.  It was really good, I love Maureen Johnson.  I read all of her books (my favorite was Suite Scarlett and Girl at Sea or something.  The sequel to Suite Scarlett had a really odd ending, it was like a set up to the next book, but there isn't one.

And how do you get over someone when things don't work out?  Anyway, there's a couple more odd facts about this book that I remember, but I think it's better if you read it and report back to me why I liked it (or if I liked it?).  I'm pretty sure I would've recommended this and definitely sure I would've recommended it's prequel.  Whoever you are who happened to read this blog <3